Numbers for Phones
Choosing numbers for the phones people actually carry — the mobile-caller facts in the published rate tables, the word option, and the honest limits.
Numbers for phones are, in practice, numbers for mobiles — most callers dial from one. The published record accounts for this directly: every plan row prices mobile-originated calls separately from fixed-line calls, and the business sees both columns before choosing. This page gathers the mobile-relevant facts for choosing a number, without claiming anything about handsets or networks, which are not products here.
The mobile-caller facts
- Mobile rates are published: each 1300 and 1800 row lists a mobile per-minute rate next to the fixed-line rate — for example, the 1300 Cap39 row publishes 30c/min mobile against 10c/min fixed line. Full tables on the pricing page.
- Caller side unchanged: on 1800, callers pay nothing in the stated Australian context whether they dial from a mobile or a landline; on 1300, callers pay a local call cost.
- Words dial as digits: a Phoneword maps to digits under the published keypad rules, so a caller on any phone keys the word without needing the mapping in front of them.
What the mobile facts do not cover
Stated plainly: mobile numbers themselves, SIMs, virtual-mobile and SMS products are not published here. The numbers are state-neutral and not tied to any handset; calls arrive at the answer point recorded at signup. No activation timeframe is published; terms sit in the terms and conditions.
Related reading: Australian 1300 numbers, Australia virtual numbers, or the 1300 numbers pillar.
Numbers-for-phones questions
Do mobile callers cost the business more?
On the published tables, mobile per-minute rates are higher than fixed-line rates in every row — the business side of the call, worth weighing when choosing a row.
Can I buy a mobile number here?
No — mobile numbers are not published products; the ranges here are 1300, 1800 and Phonewords.
Can callers dial a word from a mobile?
Yes — the word maps to digits under the published keypad rules, so any phone keys it as a number.
Does the number work on any device?
Calls arrive at the recorded answer point; the number itself is not tied to a device by design.
Callers carry phones
Numbers for the phones callers actually use
Mobile-caller facts, from the published tables.